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Torgerson DG Ampleford EJ Chiu GY Gauderman WJ Gignoux CR Graves PE Himes BE Levin AM Mathias RA Hancock DB Baurley JW Eng C Stern DA Celedón JC Rafaels N Capurso D Conti DV Roth LA Soto-Quiros M Togias A Li X Myers RA Romieu I Van Den Berg DJ Hu D Hansel NN Hernandez RD Israel E Salam MT Galanter J Avila PC Avila L Rodriquez-Santana JR Chapela R Rodriguez-Cintron W Diette GB Adkinson NF Abel RA Ross KD Shi M Faruque MU Dunston GM Watson HR Mantese VJ Ezurum SC Liang L Ruczinski I Ford JG 《Nature genetics》2011,43(9):887-892
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including individuals of European American, African American or African Caribbean, and Latino ancestry, with replication in an additional 12,649 individuals from the same ethnic groups. We identified five susceptibility loci. Four were at previously reported loci on 17q21, near IL1RL1, TSLP and IL33, but we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that these loci are associated with asthma risk in three ethnic groups. In addition, we identified a new asthma susceptibility locus at PYHIN1, with the association being specific to individuals of African descent (P = 3.9 × 10(-9)). These results suggest that some asthma susceptibility loci are robust to differences in ancestry when sufficiently large samples sizes are investigated, and that ancestry-specific associations also contribute to the complex genetic architecture of asthma. 相似文献
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Determinants of woody cover in African savannas 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Sankaran M Hanan NP Scholes RJ Ratnam J Augustine DJ Cade BS Gignoux J Higgins SI Le Roux X Ludwig F Ardo J Banyikwa F Bronn A Bucini G Caylor KK Coughenour MB Diouf A Ekaya W Feral CJ February EC Frost PG Hiernaux P Hrabar H Metzger KL Prins HH Ringrose S Sea W Tews J Worden J Zambatis N 《Nature》2005,438(7069):846-849
Savannas are globally important ecosystems of great significance to human economies. In these biomes, which are characterized by the co-dominance of trees and grasses, woody cover is a chief determinant of ecosystem properties. The availability of resources (water, nutrients) and disturbance regimes (fire, herbivory) are thought to be important in regulating woody cover, but perceptions differ on which of these are the primary drivers of savanna structure. Here we show, using data from 854 sites across Africa, that maximum woody cover in savannas receiving a mean annual precipitation (MAP) of less than approximately 650 mm is constrained by, and increases linearly with, MAP. These arid and semi-arid savannas may be considered 'stable' systems in which water constrains woody cover and permits grasses to coexist, while fire, herbivory and soil properties interact to reduce woody cover below the MAP-controlled upper bound. Above a MAP of approximately 650 mm, savannas are 'unstable' systems in which MAP is sufficient for woody canopy closure, and disturbances (fire, herbivory) are required for the coexistence of trees and grass. These results provide insights into the nature of African savannas and suggest that future changes in precipitation may considerably affect their distribution and dynamics. 相似文献
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